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G. W. TAYLOR.

' FOUNTAIN PEN. No. 361,468. Patented Apr. 19, 1887.

lli/I/E/VTOR (a W M for ney UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE WALLACE TAYLOR, OF JANESVILLE, \VISGONSIN.

FOUNTAIN-PEN.

SPECIPICAI'IOFI forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,468, dated April 19, 1887. v

Application filed November 12, 1886. Serial No. 218,690.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CLARENCE WALLACE TAYLOR, of J anesville, in the county of Rock and State of \Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fountain- Pens; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. r

My invention relates to an improvement in fountain-pens.

On the th of April, 1886, and on J uly 27 1886, two patents, numbered, respectively,

340,166 and 346,330,were granted to me for im provements in direct-feed fountain-pens. each of these patented devices an underfeed or conduit for the conveyance of ink from the interiorreservoir'in the handle to the under side of an ordinary pen is shown, the object being to produce a practical and simple fountain-pen that permits the use of ordinary commercial steel pens or gold pens of different varieties in connection with a fountain-pen, thus obviating the disadvantages incident to specially-constructed pens, or complicated devices that soon fill up with thickened ink or accumulated sediment.

The object of my present invention is to overcome certain minor defects that practical use has manifested the existence of in my patented devices just mentioned. The under inkfeeding conduit in these improved fountainpens has a tendency to supply intermittently when swift and alternating heavy and light strokes of the pen are made in flourishing, and in heavy-shading with which light hairlines are combined.

As it is desirable in presenting a device to supply a popular want that it should be reliable under all conditions, I have devised my present improvement, that I propose to use in combination with a prominent feature of my existing patented improvements, and thus perfect their action by very simple means, and at a slight additional cost to manufacture.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the pen and a reservoir-holder in Fig. 2 is a detached Fig. 3 is a modified form of constructing the conduit.

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Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of the upper feeding-tongue. Fig. 5 is an enlarged. sectional view of a pen with the top feed-tongue in place on it.

The handle or holder A of the pen is made in the usual way, to contain a supply of ink. The holder A is threaded on its interior surface at the end a, and at the other extremity is reduced in the body to receive a cap, H, that when the pen is not in use can be placed over it, a provision being made to permit the cap to make a smooth finish with the holder A when it is placed over the pen. A socketpiece, B, is threaded at one end to fit the threaded socket end of the holder A, and has a collar, i, formed upon it, that comes flush with the body of the holder when it is inserted in it. A square shoulder on the collari abuts against the end of the pen-holder to make an ink-tight joint at this point.

The socket or plug B is suitably reduced in its cylindrical body to give it lightness and proper proporton, and thus improve its appearance. Into the tubular passage that perforates this socket or plug B longitudinally is fitted the lower inlcconduit, G. This is securely inserted into the bore of the socket B, and has its inner end. 0, that penetrates the ink-reservoir a in the holder A, reduced upon the lower side to form a depositing-chamber at that point'for sediment that may pervade the ink, as this will be the lowest point in the reservoir when the pen is in use.

The upper side of the ink-conduit O is flat and has .a continuous groove, 6, made in it. This is shown in Fig. 2, and also in modified form in Fig. 3, the groove 9 being designed to convey a graduated supply of ink to the un der side of the pen.

The portion 1) that projects outside of the socket B is made in the form of a tongue,that isas small in the body as can be made to effect the purpose for which it is designed, and it is preferably rounded upon its end and body to have a neat and smoothly-finished exterior.

The length of the under feed-conduit, O, is'

lar groove or space formed for its accommodation by the reduction of the body of the conduit longitudinally a short distance inward at this point.

A pen of the ordinary size is used, and at a point immediately over the outer extremity of the inkfeeding groove 0 in the conduit 0 below it, the perforation 0, before mentioned, is formed to permit ink to be conveyed through it from the groove 6.

The upper grooved surface of the ink-conduit C is made to bear closely upon the under surface of the pen D, and the perforation c in the pen-body is preferably placed at a point a short distance in the rear of the slit c",that dirides the pen-point into two nibs.

A transverse loop, Z, of proper size, is rigidly affixed to the top surface of the pen be tween the hole 0* and the end of the socket B, in which the pen is inserted. The loop Z is made of. a metal that will not oxidize.

Immediately over the slit ofthe pen an elastic feeding-tongue,G,isinserted byitsrearendinto the loop Z, so as to be held firmly in position. The length of the feed-tongue G is so proportioned to the length of the pen-body project ing to form the nibs in advance oftheloop Zas to reach nearly to these points or nibs. The lower surface of the feed-tongue G is made to come closely into contact with the upper surface of the pen, and is made concave to afford a capillary feedchannel throughout its length to convey ink through it to the-points or nibs n of the pen. This feed-tongue G should .be made of elastic and non-corrosive material, and should be neatly proportioned, and constructed to presenta neat and ornamental appearance. In operation this feed will receive a supply of ink from the conduit 0, and as it is afiixcd to the upper surface of the pen will undulate with the flexible motion of the nibs and of the sloped sides near these points. This motion ofthe respective parts will have a tendency to draw ink from the lower conduit in regulated quantity to supply requirements of service which will be continuous while thereis ink in the reservoir.

The under feed-conduit, C, is useful as a means of supplying ink to the bottom, and may be made to intersect the upper end of the slit in the pen to feed ink to the points; but in this case it is mainly intended to convey ink in graduated volume to the upper feedtongne, G, and as the ink is protected from the atmosphere it will be nnoxidized and in a limpid state, free to flow from the pens nibs.

The capillary action of the upper feedtongue, G, together with the natural gravitation of the fluid ink to a low point, will furnish the requisite amount for the execution of any style of ehirography, whether coarse flourishing or fine hair-strokes, and permit these varying styles to be changed as rapidly as necessary without failure of the proper inksupply.

The protection of the ink from direct contact with the atmosphere till deposited upon the manuscript obviates liability to thicken. This is a particularly desirable feature in case copying-ink is used.

It is evident that slight changes may be made in the way of attachment of the top feeder to the pen-body, as it may be riveted 0r soldered in place, or a slit with lips from it may be made in the body of the pen, the lips being turned up at an incline to the top surface of the pen to form a dovetail lock for the feeding tongue, and in this latter case the hole made would form a feed-orifice for the sup plying of ink to the tongue or top feeder. Upon account of these manifest changes and others that may be made that will be within the spirit and scope of my invention, I do not wish to restrict myself to the exact forms shown; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a fountain-pen, the combination, with a pen, ofa capillary top feeder secured to the pen and adapted to yield to the action of the pen, a grooved or slit under feed or ink conduit, and an ink-reservoir, substantially as set forth.

2. In a fountain pen, the combination, with a pen-holder having a socket therein for the pen, and a pen, of a capillary top feeder secured to the upper face of the pen, a grooved 0r slotted bottom ink-conduit communicating with the in k-reservoir and with the top feeder, and a reservoir to supply ink, substantially as set forth.

3. In a fountain-pen, the combination, with a fountain penholder and a plug having a socket therein for a pen, of a pen, a top feedingtongue secured to the pen, and agrooved bottom ink-conduit communicating with an ink-holder and with the top feeder, substantially as set forth.

4. In a fountain-pen, the combination, with a fountain pcn-holdcr, of a plug having a socket therein for the pen, a pen having aperforation for the passage of ink, a top inkfeeder, a loop secured to the pen for holding the feeder in place, and a bottom feeding-conduit having a groove communicating with the ink-reservoir and with the perforation in the pen, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CLARENCE \VA IL A C it TAYLOR.

Vitnesses:

CHARLES E. PIERCE, WM. SMITH.

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